24 Hours in the Past
2015 · 60m · Documentary · Reality
Living history show presented by Fi Glover. Six celebrities travel back in time to the relentless graft of Victorian Britain.
Episodes
1. Episode 160m · The six celebrities begin by working in the filth and grime of the Victorian city dump.
2. Episode 260m · The six celebrities experience working in a Victorian coaching inn.
3. Episode 360m · The six celebrities work amid the bottle kilns of the Staffordshire potteries.
4. Episode 460m · The six celebrities spend their final 24 hours in the workhouse.More Like This
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